Mexico president "very indignant" about Wal-Mart case

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on Wednesday that allegations the Mexican unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc sought to bribe officials in Mexico to grow its business there had made him "very indignant". On Saturday, the New York Times reported that the Mexican unit of Wal-Mart paid millions of dollars in bribes to help build its business in Latin America's second-largest economy. "This makes me very indignant," Calderon told an audience in Houston, Texas. ...

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on Wednesday that allegations the Mexican unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc sought to bribe officials in Mexico to grow its business there had made him "very indignant".

Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on Wednesday that allegations the Mexican unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc sought to bribe officials in Mexico to grow its business there had made him "very indignant". ...

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